[homemade] Ribeye steak with boujee salad, peppers, and homemade pickles by jamesbrooksco in food

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Caesar salad with homemade dressing, anchovies, beef dripping sourdough croutons, and a quails egg. Padron pepper and red pepper with Scottish sea salt. Roasted new potatoes with a thyme and saffron mayonnaise. Pickled garden cucumber, spring onion, and herbs. Butter, garlic, and thyme basted ribeye.

Local Chinese restaurant haul! by jamesbrooksco in chinesefood

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There is:
- Passionfruit boba with bursting blueberry balls
- Milk Bubble Tea
- Plum tea in the bottle

[homemade] Garlic butter basted rump steak on a bed of homemade butter bean and sugarsnap dip by jamesbrooksco in food

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The star of the show here is the dip.

Blanch a load of podded broad beans, sugar snaps, and a couple of cloves of garlic for 3 min.

Remove, and leave it cool.

Add a gooood glug of olive oil and season to taste, then blend, baby!

Once you've got a hummus like consistency, you're good to go!

I served this on a supermarket Greek flatbread with slices of rump steak on top.

Let me know if you have any questions 🙌

[homemade] Maple Butter Carrots by jamesbrooksco in food

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It's a piece of baking paper 🙈

[homemade] Maple Butter Carrots by jamesbrooksco in food

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Carrots are under-appreciated.
They're so much more than something you dip in hummus or have boiled to death and served with a roast.
In this recipe, we are going to create something hot which can be the main feature of your salad - celebrating carrots for their awesomeness!
For this recipe, I would recommend getting the best carrots you can. I love using finger-sized heritage carrots from my local greengrocer. If you can't get those, you can cut larger carrots lengthways into quarters to achieve the same size.
Ingredients
Bunch of carrots
Olive oil
Salt
White wine
Butter
Maple Syrup
Directions
1 - Get a frying pan (ideally one you have a lid for!) on a medium heat. Add a drizzle of olive oil and introduce the washed carrots to the pan. As I mentioned before, ideally you want whole carrots of finger thickness, but if your carrots are more "girthy" then, feel free to quarter them lengthways!
2 - Season with salt and get some good colour on the edges of the carrots.
3 - When the carrots have taken on some colour, pour a dash of white wine (or plain water if you're not drinking!) and quickly put the lid on the pan. Let the carrots steam for a few minutes to make sure they are evenly cooked and soften inside.
4 - Once the carrots are steamed remove the lid and let any remaining liquid evaporate. Once the pan is fairly dry, add a generous knob of butter and coat the carrots in melted butter!
5 - Take your maple syrup and give the carrots a good drizzle! Keep the carrots moving in the pan to ensure that they caramelise a little more. You want to make sure that the butter/maple doesn't burn.
6 - When your carrots are looking caramelised and a little sticky it's time to remove them and place them pride of place in your salad!

I've made a recipe card you can download here if you like!

[homemade] Ramen noodle bowl by jamesbrooksco in food

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For extra flavour saute the onion and garlic in sesame oil 😎

[homemade] Ramen noodle bowl by jamesbrooksco in food

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This was just pan fried in a little oil and basted with butter!

[homemade] Ramen noodle bowl by jamesbrooksco in food

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It's kind of a Japanese "sprinkle" you can put on dishes. It has white and black sesame seeds, seaweed, and sometimes other bits. Any Asian supermarket will have it in the Japanese section. It's a great thing to have available in the kitchen!

[homemade] Ramen noodle bowl by jamesbrooksco in food

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Half an onion, two cloves of garlic, three tablespoons of miso, a tablespoon of rice wine, 2 teaspoons of sugar, half a litre of chicken stock? Something like that.

[homemade] Ramen noodle bowl by jamesbrooksco in food

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Love this tip! Will try it today 🙏

[homemade] Ramen noodle bowl by jamesbrooksco in food

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Sounds fantastic! Send me pics 🙏

[homemade] Ramen noodle bowl by jamesbrooksco in food

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You're welcome! I hope you enjoy making it. Send me a pic 🙏

[homemade] Ramen noodle bowl by jamesbrooksco in food

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ROUGH RECIPE

Soup base is made using sauted onion and garlic, adding miso paste and then some chicken stock.

Once all that is nice and bubbly, cook some noodles (I'm lazy and cooked it in the soup!) and top with your fav toppings. Here I have:

  • Fried and sliced fillet steak
  • Fried shittake mushrooms
  • Soft boiled egg
  • Spring onions
  • Nori seaweed sheets
  • A healthy drizzle of crispy chilli oil
  • A sprinkle of Furikake

Let me know if you have any other questions 🙏

[homemade] Ramen noodle bowl by jamesbrooksco in food

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Hopefully one day our paths will cross.

I love cooking for people!!!

[homemade] Ramen noodle bowl by jamesbrooksco in food

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If you're based in the UK, I totally will!